The Lobby, Saturday evening

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel took a walk through the dorms, hanging up posters to be posted later advertising the Baltimore trip. As she passed through the lobby, she stopped and studied the alien fish Jaye had told her about.

Feeling a bit foolish, she leaned down close to the tank and quietly asked, "I don't suppose you've heard about a planet called Antar, have you?"

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Coming back from detention, Peter wandered into the lobby and saw Isabel staring at the fish. "Hey there," he said leaning in to check out the fish himself. "They doing anything interesting?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Not really," Isabel said. "Unless you consider being alien interesting."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Nah. Really, who doesn't know an alien, right?" Peter joked. And, yes, that joke worked on a couple levels depending on how much you know. Oh, yeah.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel grinned, "Very true. It's practically common place and overdone around here. We need a new trend. Perhaps leprechauns?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I bet we actually have leprechauns running the bank or something," Peter said, shrugging.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Considering a muppet eagle taught our Government class this week? I really wouldn't be surprised," Isabel said. Giving up on her study of the fish, she asked, "So any exciting plans for the week?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"True."

"I'm looking at boredom and music appreciation until Wednesday. Then I'm going back home for a few days," Peter said. "How about you? Aside from the Baltimore trip, obviously."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm going for a mix of exercise, relaxation, and some boredom just to round things out," Isabel said. "Which will be a change, at home breaks usually involved angst, turmoil, and road trips."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Come on. You're already going to have a road trip. Why not go all the way, stick with tradition and angst it up a bit. It'll be fun!" Peter claimed with enthusiasm.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel shook her head. "No way, this is strictly for fun. The first person on the trip to get angsty gets dumped in the harbor, or fed to the fish at the aquarium. Besides, sticking with tradition would mean sticking with the traditional grounding afterward. And that would be bad."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry I won't be there to see that," Peter laughed. "And remember, there's no grounding here. Just detention. And even that's not too bad if today was any indication."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure someone will take pictures if it does happen," Isabel said and then looked at Peter curiously. "You had detention today didn't you? What did you do?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely nothing as far as I can tell," Peter shrugged. "I wrote an essay about how I think Dean Zordon is just really bored and has nothing better to do but randomly assign detention."

For a moment, Peter pondered whether or not Zordon would feel at home with alien fish in his tube. It was a funny visual, even if he wasn't about to do anything with it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh, lottery victim then. My sympathies. But I'm sure the Dean will appreciate the essay," Isabel said. "Do you think we should mention the lottery at StuCo? I know Nadia was worried that she might get picked again. Maybe we can have them institute a one time only policy?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I think the lottery is beyond StuCo's control. Remember Principal Dewey? He didn't seem to have any idea what was going on with it but it was still going on," Peter said.

And looking at Isabel's icon, Peter wondered what was going on with girls not wearing clothes in public this week. Not that he was complaining, omg.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Damn, it would have been nice to do something to make it a little better for people. Bad enough you get picked once, to know there's a chance it could happen again?" Isabel shook her head. "Not fun."

For what it's worth, the icon's a cropped shot from this particular set of photos.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Like I said, it actually wasn't that bad. Rory's mother holds an excellent detention," Peter said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I've ever heard detention described as excellent before," Isabel said. "What did she have you do? Or should I ask?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Decorated tools, listened to music, named a baby, and watched The Breakfast Club. I've had much worse detentions," Peter admitted.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's not detention. At least not like any I've ever heard of," Isabel said. She wasn't about to admit she'd never had detention. "But decorating tools? Why?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"She's Rory's mom," Peter said, expecting that to be explanation enough. "I think Gilmores are just a little odd in an entertaining way."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

It makes sense in a way so Isabel nodded. "Yeah, the whole detachable limb thing was odd. But entertaining. Or oddly entertaining."

"And can I just say how glad I am the stupid bouncing is over with? Of course now I need to figure out a way to thank Logan for that lovely experience," Isabel said.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Yes. Yes, you can say that," Peter joked.

"So Logan was behind that whole thing? Why?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea. And to be honest? I don't care," Isabel admitted. "It was silly and amusing for the first day or two, but almost a week? Way too much."

"But there will be payback," she said firmly. "I tried to get him at the party last night with a paint balloon left over from yesterday's art class but I went to bed before he got there that didn't work out. But I will figure something out soon."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Normally, Peter would offer to help, but he still felt kind of bad that he accidentally helped Skeeter find out about Logan's story.

"I can't wait to see what you do. Should be interesting. Wait, paint balloon?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel grinned, "There was a paint fight in Art Studio yesterday. The History of Art students versus the Studio Art students. It got messy but it was worth it."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Who won?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I think it was pretty much a draw. The only real loser was Zero's clothes. I accidently got her with a supersoaker of paint before she got coveralls on." Isabel frowned, "I offered to get them cleaned up for her but she said no."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter grinned in a somewhat doofy manner at the mention of Zero. "Ack. But, hey, at least a fun time was had before break."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel listens to the radio. She thinks the doofy grin is very amusing.

"I had a blast. It was really fun when Vala and I did battle. Of course we are in the same class but it didn't seem to matter at the moment," Isabel said with a smile.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Just kind of got carried away with the free-for-all?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much," Isabel admitted. "But it was fun."